Thromboembolic risk stratification in patients with non rheumatic atrial fibrillation: Assessment of left atrial appendage dysfunction;La stratificazione del rischio tromboembolico nei pazienti con fibrillazione atriale non reumatica: Il contributo della disfunzione auricolare sinistra

Giornale Italiano di Cardiologia

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 273-285

  Scardi, Sabino ^a   Pandullo, Claudio ^a   Mazzone, Carmine ^a   Goldstein, Daniela ^a   Zecchin, Massimo ^a  

^a MAGGIORE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Spontaneous echocontrast; Thromboembolic risk; Transesophageal echocardiography

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FUNCTION; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THROMBOEMBOLISM; THROMBOSIS; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL FUNCTION, LEFT; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; THROMBOEMBOLISM; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 0030095296     PISSN: 00465968     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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